The American Civil Liberties Union wants information possibly collected by Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold for alleged use against political rivals and women who have accused him of sex discrimination.

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Leopold was charged earlier this month in an indictment that contains accusations that he used police officers as campaign workers and, on other occasions, instructed officers to drive him to sexual encounters in parking lots with a former employee of the county executive's office. Leopold has also been accused of ordering officers to open up dossiers on his political opponents to spy on them.

"The county executive was using the county police as his political opposition research team," said David Rocah, staff attorney for the ACLU of Maryland. "It would be flagrantly improper if it happened, but everything that's come to light so far is also flagrantly improper."

Police have since released some of the names on the list, but the ACLU wants more. The ACLU said it thinks the list includes information on Democratic 4th District County Councilman Jamie Benoit, Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent Kevin Maxwell, community activist Lewis Bracy and women who filed sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuits against Leopold, including former county employee Karla Hamner.

Anne Arundel County Police Chief James Teare was also named in the indictment on accusations that he took no action when officers complained about Leopold's actions. The ACLU said Friday that Leopold and Teare have to be held accountable, and they need to explain themselves to the public.

"Given what we know was done and given the clear impropriety of what was done, I think it is incumbent on the county executive and chief of police to make sure victims are notified and given the opportunity to see the information compiled about them," Rocah said. "There is no possible argument that what was done was appropriate."

The group is also calling on the County Council to open up a full investigation into the matter.

"The evidence strongly suggests that Mr. Leopold compelled police and county staff to conduct political opposition research on the taxpayers' dime, and that he might even have ordered police to improperly access a criminal history database to dig up dirt on his political rivals," ACLU of Maryland Legal Director Deborah Jeon said in a statement.

The ACLU is asking the state to contact all the people who Leopold may have collected information on and provide them with copies of what the county executive was given. Rocah said the records also show evidence of a crime, saying the Anne Arundel County Police Department admitted officers illegally accessed criminal history databases to check the people on Leopold's so-called "enemies list."

"That's a crime, and that's very serious," Rocah said.

The ACLU said they believe the dossiers violate the 2009 Freedom of Association and Assembly Protection Act that was passed in the wake of a Maryland State Police surveillance scandal. That law restricts police from conducting investigations into activities protected by the First Amendment unless conducted for a legitimate law-enforcement purpose.

The ACLU said it wants the county to stop waiting for more requests for information and just release all of the names on the so-called enemies list.

The WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team contacted the county executive and police department Friday but received no comment.